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chestnut ; the feathers on the top of the head a light brocoli- 

 brown, and elongated, forming a crest ; over the base of 

 the upper mandible, on the lore, round the eye, and passing 

 backward round the occiput under the back part of the 

 crest, an elongated circle of black ; nape of the neck light 

 brocoli-brown, becoming darker on the back, scapulars, and 

 small wing-coverts ; the coverts of the primaries black, 

 tipped with white ; primaries and secondaries black, with 

 an elongated patch of straw yellow at the end of the outer 

 web of all except the three first ; the tertials purple brown, 

 tipped with pure white on the outer web ; four of the 

 secondary quill-feathers, and from one to four of the tertials, 

 depending on the sex and age of the bird, terminate in a 

 small, flat, oblong appendage, resembling in colour and 

 substance red sealing wax ; these appendages are merely 

 expanded and coloured horny prolongations of the shafts of 

 the feathers beyond their webs ; upper tail-coverts smoke- 

 grey ; tail-feathers smoke-grey at the base, black towards 

 the end, and tipped with kingVyellow, the shafts of the 

 feathers being slightly tinged with red where the webs are 

 yellow. Under the chin is a patch of velvet black ; at the 

 angle of the mouth the feathers are chestnut, passing on the 

 cheeks, neck, breast, and all the under parts, into pale 

 brocoli-brown, becoming greyish brown on the flanks and 

 abdomen ; under tail-coverts chestnut brown ; axillary 

 plume, and under surface of the wings, ash-grey ; all the 

 plumage silky and soft to the touch ; the legs, toes, and 

 claws, black. 



The whole length of the bird rather more than eight 

 inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing 

 four inches and a half : the first and second feathers very 

 nearly equal in length, and the longest in the wing, indi- 

 cating considerable powers of flight. 



